50mm very useful for detail shots also for low light u can go as low as 2.2 or 2.0 anything lower the bokeh is over already. i like to use 50mm for shooting hantarans or flowers,wedding gouns and potraits. 80mm you will be father but having the 1.4mm it wont really help is you wont be using the 1.4 too much.

great to see another wedding photographer in the forum man!another good thing is ur on the other side of the world

There are lots of scenes in msia that I'd really like to shoot - sunset sampan, bridge, jetti, with silhouette, you know.

Anyway, I've been browsing some flickr wedding groups, and *cough* shutterspeak *cough* seems like it is natural to PP the pictures to spice things up...so here we go, a quick PP I did earlier:



done on my crappy laptop monitor, so might have too much Ajinomoto, but no sk2

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Sep 18 2007, 09:09 AM

I like the effect but the white area is a little too thick at the top. Makes the image look a little uneven.

Pre-Halloween shot....too lazy to create another thread just for this 1 shot

-one flash with umbrella
-sigma 150 @ 2.8
-2 stop over flash meter reading
-indoor darkroom

September 29


CPL used


2 flash used, one wireless slave behind altar, sb80dx as on camera fill flash






I love to play with perception and alignment






this chick is hot, but she's pretty tall


I would have used a color gel and a slave for to isolate the background, but was too tired to bother about it


picture-in-picture

the flash kinda harsh....did u diffuse it?
but it do create the scary effect

btw..love ur wedding photos....

i think these shots are just awesome...where is your location?i've always wanted to take weddings of other races or maybe at other countries...

It was shot through an umbrella, so yes, it was diffused.

I'm located in Canada, so most of what I'd be shooting are mat salleh, indians, lebaneses, and some chinese

This job is very freaking prospective here, I'd imagine it brings in even more $$ @ larger cities. Clients are prebooked for 1-2 years ahead.

This time I only used my 17-50 and 150mm. I tried keeping the shutter speed @ 1/60 with the 150mm with flash but some shots were ruined because the flash wasn't fast enough to still the image. I think I will try to shoot @ iso320-400 next time with faster than 1/100 + fill flash. Luckily those are they blurred, are just slightly blurred and still very usable.

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Oct 15 2007, 12:04 PM

so busy with gigs...don't even have time to process them

Taken with studio strobe





(son in law....oh yeah...it's the parents getting married )


This guy looks 85% like Michael Scofield in Prison Break





This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Oct 15 2007, 12:34 PM

Hmm i wondering are u a PR in canada or what? Anyway pls share more wedding pics from other races in ur area too. Its an highlight for us to see different weddings in a foreign country.

Gosh! I am not surprise if you are pre-booked 1 - 2 years in advance. All your wedding shots are fabulous. It captured the right moment, the joy, etc. Well, I can't comment much about the photo since I am a newbie to photography. One thing for sure, I won't mind getting my wedding shot by you but too bad you are half a globe away . I love those natural right moment.

ugh, one of my flashes exploded today when I was setting up the lights...gotta send it in for warranty. Haven't posted any pictures for awhile but here we go:

Soft light:


Slightly harder light:


This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Oct 29 2007, 12:16 PM

nice nice....can go so far to snap...
cool eh!

All your picture is very nice man. That shows that f2.8 is a must to buy aye ?
Mind tell me your WB for those photos ? AWB ?
I just bought my flash few days ago , still alot of things need to learn from Sifu's Damian.

This post has been edited by Andy0625: Nov 1 2007, 03:51 PM

ur photo are owesome man...
good job...

Hi guys,

Thanks for all the comments. I'm working on a beauty shoot portfolio this month, might begin shooting later this month or some time next month. Currently still working on ideas and searching for different people

Everything shot with AWB. If you are using sb800, there's nothing much to set...just i-ttl + compensation. If you have more than 1 flash or tired of i-ttl, the you can start using AA/A mode, and maybe compensate the exposure a little depending on how accurate the light sensor is.

Me only buy 2.8 or faster glasses must buy or not depends on what you are looking for an how you shoot mar. To me, the bokeh quality is very important...to some others, convenience comes first in the list. I have a 1.4 glass coming on the 6th can't wait to get me grubby hands on it